The Essential Manager's Handbook

by DK

Overview

DK brings you a practical guide summarising the skills and secrets you need to manage yourself and others with ease and confidence.

Introducing DK’s Essential Managers series - a one-stop guide full of top tips to boost productivity, performance and passion within a business environment. Achieving excellence as a manager requires a broad skillset, and The Essential Manager’s Management Handbook provides easy-to-follow and engaging advice on the six key areas. Nurture your confidence with managing people, leadership, achieving high performance, effective communication, presenting, and negotiating.

Jam-packed with interactive tools needed to thrive in a business environment, from setting goals to solving problems, delivering a speech to developing yourself, this business management book incorporates key quotes, bright visuals and breakdowns by subject, making it accessible and easy-to-use. 

Enveloped in a slim and sleek design, The Essential Manager’s Handbook encompasses:

- Step-by-step instructions adopting a ‘how-to’ approach across a broad range of themes
- Highly effective ‘ask yourself’ questions to encourage self-reflection and self-growth. 
- Includes essential guidance on management-specific issues around remote-/hybrid-working
- Brings together content from individual titles in the Essential Managers series in a larger "manual" format

Your time is precious, so why waste it? 

With power to every page, discover top tips on how to make bold business decisions; chair meetings; manage teams and more. Invest in this must-have management book and you will be well on your way to boosting your business. With expert insights from management professionals and step-by-step instructions on dealing with challenges and gaining valuable management skills for life, this book provides all the tools you need to soar into success, no matter what your business goals may be!

At DK, we believe in the power of discovery. 

So why not dive deeper into our Essential Managers series? A total of 10 titles, this curated collection of business books will help you hone your power and maximise your potential as an effective manager. Learn how to develop your leadership skills with Essential Managers - Leadership or improve upon your people skills with Essential Managers - Managing People.
Tailored to your business goals, discover the DK book that’s right for you!

Why settle for mediocre management when you can be unbeatable in your business!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780744056297
Publisher:	DK
Publication date:	07/19/2022
Series:	DK Essential Managers Series
Pages:	480
Sales rank:	253,813
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 8.40(h) x 1.70(d)

About the Author

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Table of Contents

Introduction 10

Managing People 12

Chapter 1 Understanding yourself 14

Developing self-awareness 16

Using emotional intelligence 18

Applying assertiveness 22

Examining your assumptions 24

Clarifying your values 26

Developing your personal mission statement 28

Chapter 2 Managing a team 30

Setting goals and planning 32

Designing work 34

Driving performance 36

Valuing diversity 40

Delegating effectively 42

Motivating others 46

Teaching skills 52

Appraising performance 54

Chapter 3 Leading others 56

Taking an ethical path 58

Ensuring cultural fit 60

Solving problems 62

Building power 64

Managing change 68

Helping others to improve 70

Coaching and mentoring 76

Managing careers 78

Chapter 4 Working remotely 80

Rethinking the office 82

Setting goals 84

Working with others 86

Staying flexible 88

Balancing work and life 90

Structuring your time 92

Understanding personalities 94

Leadership 96

Chapter 5 Understanding leadership 98

Defining the challenge 100

Leading from within 102

Leading through vision 108

Growing with your role 110

Chapter 6 Taking up your leadership role 112

Preparing to lead 114

Focusing your energy 118

Working at relationships 124

Using competences 128

Providing feedback 134

Learning from feedback 138

Developing yourself 140

Balancing work and life 142

Inspiring and encouraging 144

Chapter 7 Leading through challenges 146

Focusing on the future 148

Enabling change 154

Energizing the team 156

Managing conflict 160

Balancing targets 162

Improving confidence 164

Learning from entrepreneurs 166

Chapter 8 Developing leaders 170

Investing in the future 172

Coaching for success 178

Adapting to a changing landscape 180

Achieving High Performance 182

Chapter 9 Knowing yourself 184

Looking in from outside 186

Setting goals 188

Analyzing your strengths and limitations 190

Developing your brand 192

Planning the future 194

Chapter 10 Improving your skills 200

Managing your time 202

Participating in meetings 208

Chairing a meeting 210

Dealing with conflict 212

Chapter 11 Becoming more effective 214

Reading and remembering 216

Being creative 218

Being confident 220

Making decisions 224

Saying ho" 230

Listening effectively 232

Chapter 12 Becoming successful 234

Networking 236

Working with a mentor 242

Moving on 244

Reviewing your plans 248

Effective Communication 250

Chapter 13 Understanding communication skills 252

Defining communication 254

Overcoming barriers 256

Communicating at work 258

Planning your approach 260

Matching the message 266

Choosing your medium 268

Chapter 14 Speaking and writing 270

Planning your speech 272

Developing visual support 276

Improving your confidence 280

Delivering your speech 282

Becoming a better writer 284

Writing a business letter 290

Using email and instant messaging effectively 292

Writing reports 296

Chapter 15 Communicating with your team 298

Listening effectively 300

Understanding nonverbal communication 302

Running briefings and meetings 304

Communicating to persuade 306

Managing conflict 308

Chapter 16 Communicating externally 312

Selling 312

Communicating across countries and cultures 316

Writing for the web 320

Communicating through social media 322

Running a video meeting 324

Communicating in a crisis 328

Dealing with the media 330

Building brands 332

Presenting 334

Chapter 17 Planning to present 336

Putting the audience first 338

Presenting and selling 340

Presenting formally 342

Planning the structure 344

Selecting a framework 346

Chapter 18 Taking center stage 350

Creating a good first impression 352

Looking confident 354

Holding the audience 360

Taming nerves 362

Speaking powerfully 364

Succeeding with formal speeches 366

Running the Q&A 372

Answering tough questions 374

Dealing with the media 376

Talking to reporters 378

Negotiating 380

Chapter 19 Preparing to negotiate 382

Becoming a negotiator Understanding negotiation dilemmas 384

Being prepared 388

Designing the structure 392

Chapter 20 Setting your style 398

Defining negotiation styles 400

Defining interest-based negotiation 402

Negotiating from the whole brain 404

Creating win-win deals 406

Building relationships 408

Developing mutual trust 410

Negotiating fairly 412

Chapter 21 Conducting negotiations 414

Negotiating with power 416

Making offers and counteroffers 420

Making concessions 422

Being persuasive 424

Managing impasses 428

Avoiding decision traps 430

Managing emotions 434

Dealing with competitive tactics 438

Closing the deal 440

Chapter 22 Developing your technique 442

Negotiating as a team 444

Dealing with many parties 448

Negotiating internationally 454

Using a coach 460

Being a mediator 462

Learning from the masters 466

Index 468

Acknowledgments 478